James Van Der Beek defends Kesha video stunt

Actor James Van Der Beek has defended his decision to appear in an oddball video by pop star Kesha.

The “Dawson’s Creek” star came under fire from fans for filming a strange cameo appearance in the singer’s promo for 2011 track “Blow” in which he wears a bra and shoots unicorns with laser beams.

However, Van Der Beek is unrepentant about the move, insisting he just wanted to have some fun in his career.

In a chat with fans on Reddit.com, he writes, “The director, Chris Marrs (Chris Marrs Piliero), got the job by pitching his vision to her, and that vision included me with a laser gun shooting unicorns who bled rainbows. I was in a period in my career where I stopped worrying about what people might think and just started saying yes to anything I hadn’t done before that sounded like it might be fun.”

See Van Der Beek’s cameo below — things start to heat up about two minutes in, but his speaking part starts at minute mark 2:45.